Isaac Ouro-Gnao is a Togolese-British multidisciplinary artist, somatic trauma therapist, mental health scholar-activist, and freelance journalist.

He has trained in hip hop, contemporary, and Africana dance styles since 2008, leading him to work with renowned choreographers and companies including Alessandra Seutin’s Vocab Dance, Far From The Norm, and Punchdrunk.

He completed an MSc in Creative Arts and Mental Health in 2022 at Queen Mary University of London, the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy programme by The Embody Lab and MHFA England's Youth Mental Health First Aid training in 2023, and is a member of survivor-led Traumascapes Arts Collective (CAT) where he continues research on how dance, art, and psychology intersect to aid the healing of trauma.

Dance credits: Father Figurine, 2018 (Body Politic); Family Honour, 2019 (Spoken Movement); Boy Breaking Glass, 2021 (Alessandra Seutin/Vocab Dance); It Begins In Darkness, 2023 (Seke Chimutengwende); The Burnt City, 2023 (Punchdrunk)

Film credits: BOAT, 2018 (Film 4), A Very bR*T*SH Museum, 2022 (Seeta Patel Dance); #BlackBoyJoyGone, 2022 (Panoptical / BFI Doc Society)